Is Baton Rouge the worst SEC school city?

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Is Baton Rouge the worst city?

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Yes.

BR may be the worst as far as crime goes. But there’s a lot to do. As for your ranking of Starkville as a shite hole, I disagree. Starkville may be boring and small, but it’s definitely not a shite hole in so far as crime or trashyness. It’s actually quite nice. Very clean and crime free.

I'm sure I will get shite on for this, but Knoxville doesn't feel like much of a college town to me either.

When you have money, Baton Rouge isn’t a shithole. Money eliminates most of BR’s problems.

But it can’t fix the traffic

3rd worst, behind Starkville and Tuscaloosa.

Depends on what you’re looking for. I know this board likes to shite in Baton Rouge for “crime”, but the reality is that it doesn’t really affect anyone who lives in good areas, and our football coaches always, obviously, live in good areas.

If you like living in small towns, Baton Rouge would be far down the list. If you don’t, it would easily be in the top half. Just depends on what you want.

It's Starkville for sure

I dislike Gainesville. I always see people talking about it as nice because of its proximity to the beaches and other places to visit. If you have to sell your city as a stopping point to go somewhere else it’s not a nice place.

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Austin proper is not good. I know it's supposedly improved since they banned bums from ca,[omg underneath I-35, but I spent too many years driving around at 4AM around SoCo, 38th street, etc., to believe it's anything more than a dump. Traffic is BTR level, if not worse. I wish I could put College Station on the list, but it's far, far better than BTR and Austin.

And nobody gives a shite about the idyllic subdivision you live in in "Baton Rouge" that is halfway to Donaldsonville.

I’ve been to every state and pretty much every city for work. Baton Rouge is my favorite place. Louisiana has a soul to it, a depth, the people are great and care about the friends and acquaintances.

There is always something to do. We have at least one of everything. Traffic is nothing compared to La, Ny, Atlanta, Houston, DC etc etc. people complain because they haven’t lived in many other places. I have. I’ve also lived in many cites for a few weeks for work. Most people live in their city because they have to. I live in BR by choice.

My wife is from Atlanta where her whole family lives. When I got a job offer in Atlanta she refused to leave Baton Rouge.

Much of BR is not pretty, but the neighborhoods are great. We love it here.